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-According to KidsTLC, "In the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, over 7,000 homeless students have been identified the area with approximately 2500 of them being youth. The areas poverty level has nearly doubled since the year 2000"

-In the Kansas City Area, 25.9% of children live in poverty

-According to the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund, "Children under 6 and between the ages of 18-24, have the highest poverty rate in the region"

-According to a Children's Mercy survey done every 3 years, "the percentage of local children who experience either"fair" or "poor" mental health's been steadily climbing over the past 10years. In 2012, only 6.9% of children ages 5 through 17 experienced these low mental health ratings. Now, that number has more than doubled to 14.3%"

"Diagnosis of depression among the same age group have jumped from 4.1% in 2012 to 14.1%in 2021. Anxiety diagnosis have spiked even more significantly, from 8.1% to 25.6% over the same period"